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Greg Phillinganes

Contemporary R&B
Contemporary R&BRhythm and blues

Greg Phillinganes is a Contemporary R&B and Rhythm and blues act. Their sound grew out of Donald Fagen, Solid State Survivor, Yellow Magic Orchestra and Stevie Wonder. Those roots explain a lot about how Greg Phillinganes arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Pages, The Time, Kenny Loggins, Patrice Rushen and Robbie Dupree, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into We Are the World and Eric Clapton, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 31 connections around Greg Phillinganes, reaching back through Donald Fagen and forward to We Are the World. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Greg PhillinganesDonald FagenSolid State SurvivorYellow Magic OrchestraStevie WonderWe Are the WorldEric ClaptonPagesThe TimeKenny LogginsPatrice RushenRobbie DupreeThe WhispersRufusJermaine Jackson

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Greg Phillinganes connections

Greg Phillinganes grew out of Donald Fagen, Solid State Survivor, Yellow Magic Orchestra and Stevie Wonder, shares an orbit with Pages, The Time, Kenny Loggins and Patrice Rushen, went on to shape We Are the World and Eric Clapton. 31 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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